operableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɒp(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈɑp(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin operabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin operabilis working, active, efficacious (4th cent.), able to be produced or affected by action (from 1267 in British sources) < classical Latin operārī operate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French operable pushing into action, causing to act (c1450), French opérable able to be operated on (1845–6).

A. adj.

1. Able to be operated; practicable. rare before 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [adjective] > capable of being operated

operable1646

workable1756

operatable1895

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible

openOE

possiblec1384

doablec1443

feasiblec1460

agible?a1475

performable1548

parable1563

practiceable1570

compassable1581

factible1585

effectuable1590

practicable1593

exploitable1611

achievable1634

effectible1646

operable1646

accomplishable1657

perpetrable1680

workable1756

executable1796

expeditable1820

workable1822

powerable1860

runnable1860

manageable1866

actable1876

viable1955

the world > action or operation > [adjective] > capable of being operated > of devices

operable1961

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 Being uncapable of operable circumstances..they onely gaze upon the visible successe.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xiii. 160 How could this principle be..reduced to an operable law?

1961 Med. in Nat. Def. (Final Rep. Office of U.S. Asst. Secretary of Defense) vi. 69 Visual and operable training aids..were used in support of Army Medical Service mass casualty exercises.

1988 Times 6 Oct. 24/5 Vast quantities of water pass through the steam-powered heating system operable throughout the plant.

2. Medicine. Able to be operated on; suitable for treatment by a surgical operation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adjective] > relating to operation > operable

operable1904

operatable1932

1904 Arch. Middlesex Hosp. 3 163 Patients..are admitted in practically all cases for operable cancer.

1967 Brain 90 32 He refused surgical treatment for the carcinoma, although bronchoscopically the growth was considered to be operable.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 43/1 The records of 227 premenopausal women with operable breast cancer treated between 1979 and 1988 were studied.

†B. n.

Something that may or should be done; a matter or point of practice. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun] > matters of

agend1581

operable1677

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 6 So Aquinas ‘Synesis or sensate judgment imports a right judgment about particular operables’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	operable
释义	operableadj.n. Brit. /ˈɒp(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈɑp(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin operabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin operabilis working, active, efficacious (4th cent.), able to be produced or affected by action (from 1267 in British sources) < classical Latin operārī operate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French operable pushing into action, causing to act (c1450), French opérable able to be operated on (1845–6). A. adj. 1. Able to be operated; practicable. rare before 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > capable of being operated operable1646 workable1756 operatable1895 the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible openOE possiblec1384 doablec1443 feasiblec1460 agible?a1475 performable1548 parable1563 practiceable1570 compassable1581 factible1585 effectuable1590 practicable1593 exploitable1611 achievable1634 effectible1646 operable1646 accomplishable1657 perpetrable1680 workable1756 executable1796 expeditable1820 workable1822 powerable1860 runnable1860 manageable1866 actable1876 viable1955 the world > action or operation > [adjective] > capable of being operated > of devices operable1961 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 Being uncapable of operable circumstances..they onely gaze upon the visible successe. View more context for this quotation 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xiii. 160 How could this principle be..reduced to an operable law? 1961 Med. in Nat. Def. (Final Rep. Office of U.S. Asst. Secretary of Defense) vi. 69 Visual and operable training aids..were used in support of Army Medical Service mass casualty exercises. 1988 Times 6 Oct. 24/5 Vast quantities of water pass through the steam-powered heating system operable throughout the plant. 2. Medicine. Able to be operated on; suitable for treatment by a surgical operation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adjective] > relating to operation > operable operable1904 operatable1932 1904 Arch. Middlesex Hosp. 3 163 Patients..are admitted in practically all cases for operable cancer. 1967 Brain 90 32 He refused surgical treatment for the carcinoma, although bronchoscopically the growth was considered to be operable. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 43/1 The records of 227 premenopausal women with operable breast cancer treated between 1979 and 1988 were studied. †B. n. Something that may or should be done; a matter or point of practice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun] > matters of agend1581 operable1677 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 6 So Aquinas ‘Synesis or sensate judgment imports a right judgment about particular operables’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1646
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